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- 3- date we have lost a year on the project due to contractor issues and we apologize. Our new general contractors are the Corps of Engineers and Tetra Tech and Simons and Associates are no longer a part of this project. During 2002 the CWCB and Brown and Caldwell completed Storage Use patterns Investigation Study. There was discussion of extending the study results from 1991 to 2001 by Brown and Caldwell. Denver Water didn't think these additional years would change operating scenarios very much. For the Recreation Mitigation Study there were six interested consultants and a committee picked EDA W. It was determined that they had the best reservoir and landscape architecture experience regarding federal water projects. . Rick Miner - There are the same number of study alternatives and proposed acre- feet of reallocated storage from the original scope of work. The Corps is doing reservoir modeling in house and have pulled any and all available funds to get models running. Tetra Tech will do everything accept the hydro modeling, Foster Wheeler was the sub before and previous work was good. They will be going to write the feasibility study (meeting handout and minutes attachment) . John Hendricks - Are there things that will kill the study? We need ballpark costs to help sort out who can and can't pay for the new storage space . Rick Miner - We will be doing Impact analysis reports in the future that will help but we can't speculate on the costs that may kill the project . There was a newspaper article stating that the cost is $15,000/ AF. Larry Lang clarified that he stated it would be between $5-15,000/AF but we don't know. That is not what was printed by the press. . Rick Miner - The real cost of Chatfield space today will consider the original project acre foot cost + cost of facilities + environmental mitigation . Larry Lang - There are 72 tasks that must be completed for federal interests then we will have our cost answer. There are II major items and 72 subtasks under those I I. The 1999 original contract the scope of work is not on the website yet but CWCB will post it if requested. . Rick Miner - Tetra Tech will take model runs and looking at flood damages, etc. By 2005 we will hme a clear picture of costs and impacts. In 2006 we will be completing and publishing the final report. In the fall 2003 we will start discussions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding Section 7 consultation. Then when the reallocation study is completed normally we would have to go back to Congress. The study sponsors were smart and in 1986 they already received the authorization to reallocate the space. We don't have to go back to Congress. The costs estimate is now at $3.1 million for completion with a 50/50 federal and non-federal cost share. We have extended the study areas and added seismic analysis and independent technical review. The Corps has spent a $ 1.5 million so far and billed all the state money but $85,000. The state received a $500,000 credit for in-kind work from CWCB and Denver Water and others. The Corps has a 50/50 cost share requirement for the project. We can accommodate this storage without a flood safety problem and will not create a greater risk or safety hazard downstream. We will need to have more spills to do this and we will get more into this later. However we still don't have good information on downstream damages so we need a detailed reservoir analysis. . Larry Lang - Was asked about the determination of space available? He stated that the Corps did a 1995 preliminary hydraulic analysis study and he looked at it again in October 2002. There are no releases out of Chatfield for 10 days after the flood. Presently the Corps starts with 500 c.f.s. release on the 10th day. We can modify the reservoir operation and make other changes to obtain the 20,600 AF storage space. Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning